Tag: Kenya

NAIROBI, Kenya, September 13 — A Kenyan teenager has been charged with nine counts of murder and arson in the deaths of her schoolmates in a fire at their boarding school last month. Justice Luka Kamaru barred the media from the courtroom on Wednesday, saying the rights of the 14-year-old must be protected. She was […]

NAIROBI, September 11 — Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday assured business leaders that the country remains stable and no one will be allowed to disrupt peace. Kenyatta who held a meeting with Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA), an association of business leaders, said the executive and the judiciary are functional while the legislature opens […]

DODOMA, Tanzania-An official says a Tanzanian opposition figure who was seriously wounded in a shooting has been transferred to a hospital in neighboring Kenya. Lawmaker Joseph Selasin of the opposition Chadema party says Tundu Lissu was airlifted to Nairobi early Friday. Health officials in Tanzania’s capital, Dodoma, say Lissu was shot in the stomach, leg […]

JOHANNESBURG, September 8 – The United Nations and its humanitarian partners in Kenya have appealed for $106 million to scale-up their response to the most urgent needs resulting from the effects of the drought in northern Kenya. “We, as the UN family and the humanitarian community, stand with the Government and people of Kenya to […]

NAIROBI, September 5 — The Kenyan shilling lost ground Tuesday against the U.S. dollar as political bickering on the repeat of presidential polls intensified in Kenya. Kenyan opposition the National Super Alliance (NASA) on Tuesday rejected Oct. 17 as the date set for new polls by the electoral commission, noting it was not consulted. NASA […]

JOHANNESBURG, September 4 – The judiciary is under the spotlight as Kenya prepares for new elections after the country’s supreme court on Friday annulled the August 8 elections on the grounds that they were not run “consistently with the dictates of the constitution”. Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) reported that President Uhuru Kenyatta […]

NAIROBI, September 1 — Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) on Friday temporarily halted trading after key indices plunged following the annulment of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s election win. The Supreme Court on Friday nullified the Aug. 8 election after agreeing with Opposition leader Raila Odinga that polls were not free and fair. The court ordered new elections […]

JOHANNESBURG, September 1 – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta’s lead counsel Ahmednassir Abdulahi has called the Supreme Court’s decision to annul last month’s elections on the basis they were not conducted according to the Constitution and Elections Act “political.” Abdulahi told the court that Kenyatta won by 1.4 million votes and called on the bench to release the […]

NAIROBI – ABOUT 20 schools have been forced to close in Kenya as teachers flee heightened insecurity following conflict in northeast of the country. Thousands of children are now out of school. This is the aftermath of disputed elections whose outcome has been deadly. Non-governmental organisations reported that non-local teachers had been fleeing conflict-torn areas […]

NAIROBI, – KENYA is experiencing a surge in the number of street children because of the worst drought in decades. Children’s rights groups said there was evidence of increased numbers of children living on the streets after leaving their families to seek livelihood opportunities in major cities. “With the ongoing drought, children are increasingly vulnerable […]

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